Jesus Iribe: Boxing Career and Major Results

Jesús “Azul” Iribe is a Mexican boxer from Culiacán, Sinaloa. He turned professional in the early 2000s and challenged for world titles three times. A 2021 profile by El Sol de Sinaloa reported a record of 21 wins, 14 losses and 5 draws and said his latest bout had been a March 2020 loss to Edwin Saúl García. Noroeste profile · El Sol de Sinaloa profile.

Boxing career and major results

Iribe’s world-title challenges came in three successive years. On February 9, 2008, he lost a 12-round unanimous decision to Édgar Sosa for the WBC light-flyweight title. On August 29, 2009, he challenged Brian Viloria for the IBF light-flyweight title in Honolulu and again lost by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. On June 12, 2010, he challenged Iván Calderón for the WBO light-flyweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York, losing another unanimous decision. WBC record of the Sosa fight · Philstar report on Viloria–Iribe · Sky Sports report on Calderón–Iribe.

Those title losses did not end Iribe’s career. He continued boxing for years afterward, with local reports documenting later bouts in Mexico. El Sol de Sinaloa’s career recap.

Sources

Career records and reporting: boxrec.com.

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Boxing, Boxing History